How pathetic was I? He had caused one of the largest arguments my mother and I had ever had less than twenty-four hours ago and my heart leapt when I saw him walking towards me from across the station.

“Lily!” He shouted, waving and smiling back at me.

He looked nice today, I mused. Mrs. Potter must have dressed him. Why else would he be wearing a shirt and tie that don’t have the Gryffindor colours? His hazel eyes were sparkling and his jet-black hair was just as messy as always.

“How are you?” He asked when he reached me.

Before he made me melt with that gorgeous smile, I snapped at him. “Miserable. Because of you, my mother ignored me for nearly two hours.”

“I apologize.” He said as he grabbed my hand, twining our fingers together. It felt so right.

“Well,” I paused. “I don’t accept it.”

He smirked at me. “Maybe there’s something I could do to change that?”

I saw his face getting closer and closer to mine. I knew it was wrong, but I didn’t stop him. He kept looking at my eyes, making sure it was OK; making sure I wouldn’t snap and slap him.

“Lily! Lily!” Alice shouted.

I snapped out of my daze and quickly turned my head away from James’. Thank God for Alice!

“You look so good, Lily!” She squealed.

“I second that.” James mumbled.

“What, James?” Alice asked.

He grinned at her and said, “Nothing, Alice. Have a good summer?”

“Of course! Except Lily never owled me.” She said, crossing her arms. “I’m totally out of the loop, now.”

“That’s a shame.” I mumbled.

“What’s going on? We have SO much to catch up on. How are things going with you and Remus?”

Oh, crap. This is what I was afraid of. “Erm-“

“Hey, Lily.” Remus said, interrupting what would have been a very lame sentence.

Catching me off guard, he quickly pressed his lips to mine. Swoon. . . His kissing was very different from James’. I mean, they’re both amazing at it, but have very different techniques.

“Guess I don’t need to ask.” Alice giggled.

I smiled stupidly as Remus ended the kiss. He quickly slipped behind me, resting a hand on my waist.

“Hello, Alice.” Remus said politely. “How was your summer?”

“It was wonderful. The only upsetting part about it was that Lily never owled me. I guess she was too busy with you.”

“Actually. . . I haven’t seen her that much either. I suppose she has a secret life.” He said it with a smile on his face, but his eyes tightened.

I smiled, nervously looking at James. He didn’t look worried, he looked angry. His eyes narrowed as he saw Remus’ hand slide further down my waist.